Health Panel Expands Lung Cancer Screening for More Smokers
More Americans now qualify for yearly scans to detect lung cancer, according to guidelines released Tuesday that may help more Black smokers and women get screened.
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The Second Circuit ruled Canadian cigarette manufacturer Grand River Enterprises failed to state a claim for relief in its case challenging Connecticut’s “Reconciliation Requirement,” which imposes reporting requirements upon cigarette manufacturers that have chosen not to participate in the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement.
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The D.C. Circuit affirmed the FDA’s ruling determining that e-cigarettes are “tobacco products” subject to regulation under the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, over e-cigarette industry objections.
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Report Names and Shames Countries Cozy With Big Tobacco
The global tobacco industry has aggressively lobbied governments during the Covid-19 pandemic to expand markets and blunt measures designed to curb their business, a report from watchdog groups aligned with the World Health Organization claimed on Tuesday.
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A federal court in Pennsylvania granted a group of cigar manufacturers and distributors’ request for a preliminary injunction to prevent Philadelphia from enforcing an ordinance that prohibits the sale of tobacco products flavors or aromas other than the flavor or aroma of tobacco.
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Sixth Circuit Tosses Challenge to E-Cigarette Paperwork Deadline
A Kentucky-based e-cigarette retailer lacks standing to challenge an FDA deadline for regulatory filings on vapor and nicotine products because the deadline was issued by a federal judge, not the government, the Sixth Circuit held Monday.
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E-Cig Companies Say Invalid Appointment Moots FDA Rule
Vaping manufacturers and retailers pointed to what they called the government’s “whack-a-mole approach to the Appointments Clause” Wednesday in a D.C. Circuit appeal over e-cigarette regulation.
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MGM Resorts Adopts Smoke-Free Policy for Vegas Strip Casino
One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday.
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A federal court in Minnesota dismissed a group of tobacco companies’ suit against the city of Edina relating to a recently adopted ordinance banning the sale of flavored tobacco products.
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California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill Friday that bans the sale of flavored tobacco — including menthol cigarettes — but not hookahs or handmade “premium” cigars.
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Two Spanish Regions Impose Smoking Ban to Curb Virus
Spain’s Canary Islands said on Thursday it would ban smoking outdoors when social distancing cannot be guaranteed to curb the coronavirus, a day after Galicia took a similar measure.
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E-Cigarette Retailer Battles Regulators at Sixth Circuit
An e-cigarette and vapor technology retailer argued before the Sixth Circuit on Wednesday that the Food and Drug Administration’s deadlines for regulation of its vaping products are arbitrary and violate the Administrative Procedure Act.
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A Florida appeals court held R.J. Reynolds responsible for making payments in perpetuity to the state based on future sales of its cigarettes to settle all claims of liability under a 1997 agreement.
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A class action in Orange County Court, Calif., claims R.J. Reynolds Tobacco discriminates against Black and homosexual employees by, among other things, “advising employees, such as the plaintiff, that they work for a ‘conservative company’ based in North Carolina and that the gay lifestyle is ‘offensive’ not only to plaintiff’s teammates but also management and those in leadership position.”
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Tobacco Groups Win Court Challenge to FDA Warnings
WASHINGTON (CN) — U.S. regulators bungled a mandate for cigar and pipe tobacco packaging and advertising to include warnings similar
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S.African Court Extinguishes Bid to Overturn Tobacco Ban
A South African high court on Friday dismissed a bid by tobacco makers to unban sales of their products, saying the addictiveness of cigarettes did not qualify them as essential products.
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The Neighborhood Market Association claims San Diego County has unconstitutionally banned the sale and distribution of flavored smoking products and electronic smoking devices for one year.
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R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. et al. sued Edina, Minn. in federal court, claiming its ban on sales of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, is preempted by federal law.
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The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council sued of Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar et al. in federal court for failing to ban menthol cigarettes.
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Experts: Giving Beer and Cigarettes to People in Quarantine May Benefit Public Health
A controversial decision to provide alcohol, marijuana and tobacco to homeless people quarantined in hotel rooms in San Francisco has sparked controversy, but several addiction treatment experts say it is not an outlandish strategy.
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